According to lazy candidate and almost-loser Rep. Mark Honadel, the AssGOP will be holding its first minority leadership election in 16 years on Monday afternoon.
Here's the early buzz on early candidates for leadership offices:
Mark Honadel - Last night's almost-loser is in the ring, likely running an SMS (Save My Staff) campaign.
Jeff Fitzgerald - Fitz has been distancing himself from Huebsch for months, and will likely work to encourage caucus members to not throw the baby out with the dirty, peed-in bathwater. We here at the Playground think Little Fitz could be the best option provided you surrounded him with the right people, people like Vos and Gottlieb and Zipperer and not guys like Gundrum.
Mark Gundrum - Gundrum is a smart guy but he can't stay away from the wingnut-flavored Kool-Aid. And his pet gay marriage amendment is a large reason why the AssGOP is holding minority leadership elections in the first place.
Scott Gunderson - Because Gunderson always runs for something. He also always pulls out when he realizes he's not even close to getting the votes. Will this time be different?
Mike Huebsch has just withdrawn his name from consideration:
Members:
The Assembly Republicans will be caucusing on Monday, November 10th at 1:00 pm in GAR to elect the 2009-10 caucus leadership team. If for any reason you are unable to attend this caucus please contact my office as soon as possible.
Here's the early buzz on early candidates for leadership offices:
Mark Honadel - Last night's almost-loser is in the ring, likely running an SMS (Save My Staff) campaign.
Jeff Fitzgerald - Fitz has been distancing himself from Huebsch for months, and will likely work to encourage caucus members to not throw the baby out with the dirty, peed-in bathwater. We here at the Playground think Little Fitz could be the best option provided you surrounded him with the right people, people like Vos and Gottlieb and Zipperer and not guys like Gundrum.
Mark Gundrum - Gundrum is a smart guy but he can't stay away from the wingnut-flavored Kool-Aid. And his pet gay marriage amendment is a large reason why the AssGOP is holding minority leadership elections in the first place.
Scott Gunderson - Because Gunderson always runs for something. He also always pulls out when he realizes he's not even close to getting the votes. Will this time be different?
Mike Huebsch has just withdrawn his name from consideration:
Members and Staff,
I am honored to represent my constituents in the state Assembly and thank them for this opportunity. I also thank my Assembly colleagues for the honor they have given me to serve this body, first as Majority Leader and then as Speaker.
I have worked to bring people together in the best interest of Wisconsin. We have come through some challenging times and we know there are still more challenges on the horizon. As the Assembly Republican caucus begins the next session in the minority, I believe we will be best served by a new leader. Therefore, I will not seek a leadership post in the coming session...
4 comments:
Is that Huebsch email the GOP Team Update for the week?
And his pet gay marriage amendment is a large reason why the AssGOP is holding minority leadership elections in the first place.
That stands up to analysis very well, indeed. 57% of Wisconsinites voted FOR the Amendment. Obviously, that's why Gundrum's in a "minority" of 57%.
You must have gone to publickscrewel.
You're right, I went to public school. I was a National Merit Scholar and a Fulbright recipient and I'm sitting on an LSAT score that will get me into nearly any law on the east coast that I'd want to apply to. It also taught me how to spell and act like a grown up. Clearly, my public schooling has failed me.
Your analysis is so elementary. By your logic, the GOP should have run it up in Wisconsin in 2006, what with 57% of voters checking the yes box.
Except that when you look at polling data, you see that many solid Democratic groups like African-Americans and Hispanics break widely in favor of such amendments. And then they cross back and vote straight party Democrat. This issue does nothing to bring people into the Republican Party.
Where it does cost the Republican Party, however, is among educated voters and suburbanites for whom the messenger on this issue is a bigger turnoff than the message. The Republican Party has a problem of association - namely, a lot of independent voters have no desire to be "Republican" because it means sharing a label with the religious nuts from the hinterlands.
Republicans are in the minority in no small part because they push social issues that appeal to voters who will never vote Republican but turn off scores of voters who would.
But I suppose you are smarter than all of the statistical data and you know the *real* answer for why this occurs.
I just keep waiting for the day when someone will unseat Mark Honadel. He should have lost this year, but heck, there's always 2010.
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